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Jean Paul Reynaud

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Birthplace: Rue Neuve (Maison Lautharet), Barcelonnette, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Death: September 21, 1966 (87)
Hôpital Américain, Neuilly Sur Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, IDF, France
Place of Burial: Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France
Immediate Family:

Son of Jean Alexandre Reynaud, Le Mexicain and Marie Gabrielle Amélie Reynaud
Husband of Christiane Dolorès Louise Reynaud
Ex-husband of Jeanne Anne Reynaud
Father of Private and Colette Madeleine Dernis
Brother of Albert Reynaud and Marthe Reynaud

Occupation: Avocat à la cour de Paris. Député (1919-1925, 1928-1940 et 1946-1962) des Basses Alpes, Seine, Nord. Ministre des Finances (1930 et 1938). Garde des Sceaux (1932 et 1938). Président du Conseil (1940)
Managed by: Pierre Quenee
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About Paul Reynaud. 77th Prime Minister of France

Paul Reynaud (15 October 1878 – 21 September 1966) was a French politician and lawyer prominent in the interwar period, noted for his stances on economic liberalism and militant opposition to Germany.

Reynaud opposed the Munich agreements of September 1938, when France and the United Kingdom gave way before Hitler's proposals for the dismemberment of Czechoslovakia. After the outbreak of World War II Reynaud became the penultimate Prime Minister of the Third Republic in March 1940. He was also vice-president of the Democratic Republican Alliance center-right party. Reynaud was Prime Minister during the German defeat of France in May and June 1940; he persistently refused to support an armistice with Germany and resigned on 16 June. After unsuccessfully attempting to flee France, he was arrested by Philippe Petain's administration. Surrendering to German custody in 1942, he was imprisoned in Germany and later Austria until liberation in 1945.

Elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1946, he became a prominent figure again in French political life, serving in several cabinet positions. He favoured a United States of Europe, and participated in drafting the constitution for the Fifth Republic, but resigned from government in 1962 after disagreement with President de Gaulle over changes to the electoral system.

About Paul Reynaud. 77th Prime Minister of France (Français)

Jean Paul Reynaud, né le 15 octobre 1878 à Barcelonnette (Basses-Alpes) et mort le 21 septembre 1966 à Neuilly-sur-Seine (Seine), est un homme politique français. Député des Basses-Alpes (aujourd'hui les Alpes-de-Haute-Provence), puis de Paris, il fut plusieurs fois ministre sous la IIIe République, et notamment ministre des Finances en 1938 dans le gouvernement Daladier.

Il est président du Conseil du 22 mars au 16 juin 1940, fonction qu'il cumule avec celle de ministre des Affaires étrangères puis de ministre de la Guerre. Après la débâcle de juin, Paul Reynaud, alors en désaccord avec les principaux membres du gouvernement et responsables militaires quant à la conduite à tenir, démissionne et est remplacé par le maréchal Pétain, qui signe l’Armistice.

Après la guerre et l'emprisonnement, sa carrière politique reprend et se poursuit jusqu'à son décès dans les années 1960.

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Paul Reynaud. 77th Prime Minister of France's Timeline

1878
October 15, 1878
Rue Neuve (Maison Lautharet), Barcelonnette, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
1914
April 4, 1914
17 ème, Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France
1966
September 20, 1966
Age 87
Cimetière du Montparnasse, Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France
September 21, 1966
Age 87
Hôpital Américain, Neuilly Sur Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, IDF, France